Carrier Operations 1953-54

Have you ever seen the Hollywood motion picture "The Bridges At Toko-Ri?" For Dale Berven, he was there first hand without the Hollywood special effects. About 25 years ago, he had his 8mm films transfered to VHS tape. I offered to have them digitized when they surfaced again and here they are.

Hornet CVA-12 is the namesake of Hornet CV-8 that launched the Doolittle Raiders. CV-8 was lost in action on October 27 1942.

CVA-12 was also the prime recovery vessel for NASA's first two crews to walk on the moon.

More information on the Hornet Museum located in San Francisco Bay at the former Alameda Naval Air Station can be found on their web site at:
http://www.uss-hornet.org

Also check out "Living Ship Day" Aboard The Hornet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ8--68-otk

If you enjoy these videos, you might want to check out the book "Panthers Over Korea" by George Schnitzer. The book was recently published in October of 2007 and I really enjoyed it! The book has good descriptions about the men, aircraft, missions, terminology, and signals.

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[sweJN]

Have F-86 Saber ben on a carrier??

[paralleler]

@sweJN A variant of the F-86 was built for the Navy. Look up FJ, FJ-2 and FJ-3 Fury.

[paralleler]

If you enjoyed this video, you might want to check out the book "Panthers Over Korea" by George Schnitzer. The book was just published in October of 2007 and I am really enjoying it! I found out about it while volunteering aboard the aircraft carrier Hornet.

[rimshot74]

An outstanding video. Thank you very much for sharing.

I would like to share the videos my dad took while he was in the navy in the early 70's. He has already converted them to VHS a while ago. What is needed to digitize them?

[paralleler]

My Macintosh has a Firewire connection. I use a Canopus ADVC-100 to convert analog VHS to digital. With the Canopus I can import directly into iMovie and export to iDVD or the web. If you're using a PC, you'll need to get some help from a knowledgeable PC user.

[rainmanjp]

Thanks for sharing an important part of Naval Aviation history. Corsairs and Skyraiders sharing the deck with straight wing Panthers and swept wing Cougars.

Better than the History Channel!

[freiherrudet]

My dad served on the Yorktown, this video is wonderful, thank you!

[slick1ru2]

Great video. Thanks so much for sharing. I have two cousins who where naval aviators. One an Academy grad who later flew E3s and Greyhounds and is a plank owner of the Abe Lincoln. He was squadron safety officer during the Navy's infamous stand down. His brother was a helicopter pilot who later was the air ops commander at NAS Pensacola prior to retiring. We got to see a Blue Angels homecoming with him as Air Boss a few years back. Thanks again for posting and your service.

[holiday12345ABC]

My father was aboard the Big O at the same time you were filming this, he was a photographer aboard her . he is also in the movie bridges over toki ri walking around in the back ground . Thanks for posting this it was great and Thanks for Serving my Beloved Country .

[Chuckjagerdiver]

I wonder if those were hydraulic/pneumatic cats. No steam.

[elpresley]

Thank you Sir for that brilliant piece of history that you chose to share with the world. Thank you very much!

[pocdabeno1974]

Very Nice! Thank You!

[TheophilusPWildbeest]

Enjoyed that thanks.. My son starts his navy flight training in February, I'll show it to him.

[jackiejanetm]

Loved your video!

[rickey5353]

Thank you for the presentation, the narration, and your service to our country.